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Record number of apprentices join Rolls-Royce

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars has welcomed the largest-ever cohort onto its award-winning apprenticeship programme for 2019, during a special ceremony at its Goodwood home.

A record 26 new apprentices and their families took part in the event, which was hosted by the company’s director of manufacturing, Johann Wolf.

The new recruits will train with the company for between two and four years, working alongside experienced craftspeople — in Assembly, Woodshop, Surface Finish, Leathershop, Parts Quality and Total Vehicle Quality Management — to learn the skills and techniques employed by “the world’s leading luxury car manufacturer”.

They will also study for nationally recognised vocational qualifications at Chichester College and other local further- education establishments.

Furthermore, for the first time since its launch in 2006, the programme now includes Sir Ralph Robins Degree Apprenticeships, in which candidates will study for a BEng in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Chichester to complement their on-the-job practical training.